"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government; I mean an additional article taking from the Federal Government the power of borrowing."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“What we see of the universe is vast. We know that the universe is something like 90 billion light-years across.”

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“For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that's-she did Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable drop. And when the night was over and the white wine was over and the dancing was over, she sat in the corner like a child, with everything gone. I saw her sitting quietly without expression on her face, and I walked towards her but I wouldn't photograph her without her knowledge of it. And as I came with the camera, I saw that she was not saying no.”
“You always have to try to move forward with a positive connotation in the future.”
“We don't have much in the way of a business strategy. Like no business plan. Which I say to torment all my friends who are VCs or MBAs. That's always entertaining. The deal is, it's a mixture of luck and persistence.”
“Happened to be the first time we played the song live, but I absolutely for the life of me could not find the key singing and had to stop the band to find it.”
“There's nothing like beauty of heart as it makes everything look beautiful.”
“Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.”
“But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.”

Source : Jacqueline Woodson (2014). “Brown Girl Dreaming”, p.215, Penguin

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